Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Shaw
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1977No. 48524PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goldenhersh
Petitioner, the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Madison County entered upon a jury verdict finding that the real estate of the defendants, William Shaw and Earlene Shaw, was reduced in value in the amount of $48,000 by reason of loss of access to a public road. Pursuant to section 9.8 of the Eminent Domain Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 47, par. 9.8) the circuit court awarded defendants attorney fees in the amount of $16,000. The appellate court reversed in part and remanded (36 Ill. App. 3d 972), and we allowed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Shaw v. LorenzIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
- City of Chicago v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Wilson & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Electrical Contractors Ass'n of City of Chicago, Inc. v. Illinois Building AuthorityIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- Shaw v. KronstAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Denton Enterprises, Inc. v. Illinois State Toll Highway AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Oklahoma Turnpike Authority v. New Life Pentecostal Church of JenksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Department of Transportation v. RasmussenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- People of the State of Illinois v. Kerr-Mcgee Chemical Corporation, and City of West Chicago, a Municipal Corporation v. Kerr-Mcgee Chemical Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- City of Chicago v. WestphalenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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